Bucking a popular trend as well as evidence that working from home increases employees’ productivity, Yahoo is eliminating its work-from-home option. Citing a need for more interaction and communication among employees, Director of HR, Jackie Reses, said in a stat... More »

Senior Leaders & Executives

Business Impact , Engagement , Human Performance Improvement , Change Management , Leadership Development , Managing Organizational Knowledge

Since research in the 1970s by psychologist Ellen Langer, mindfulness, or concentration, has been credited with improving measures of cognitive function. In 2011, researchers from the University of Wisconsin demonstrated that daily meditation could shift frontal brain a... More »

Senior Leaders & Executives

Coaching and Mentoring , Business Impact , Management Development , Managing Organizational Knowledge , Trends

The great CLOs of the future are synthesists. John Cone defines a learning synthesist as someone who can see and act on broad patterns of learning opportunity and learning achievement. More »

Senior Leaders & Executives

Advanced Level Content , Competencies , Managing Organizational Knowledge , Trends